Storm Rider - Bristlecone Pine, White Mountains, Eastern California. The Bristlecone Pines are the oldest living single organisms (non-clonal) on the planet. These here in the White Mountains are thought to be nearly 5,000 years old.

...when Mammoths walked the Earth - Mono Lake, California. Mono Lake is one of the most ancient bodies of water in the world. At least 700,000 years old, it is easy to invision equally ancient creatures like the Woolly Mammoth wandering it's shoreline.

The Stand - Mono Lake, California. Mono Lake is one of the most ancient bodies of water in the world, dating back to the Pleistocene era. The tufa towers seen in this photo are relatively new, less than 500 years old, and are the result of calcium rich springs percolating up through the lakes carbonate rich waters, and combining to create these limestone towers, sometimes as much as 30 feet tall.